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In an assembly, if you right click at the top there is an option to "show/hide update holders". What does this do??? Mechanical Engineer Varian Medical Systems Salt Lake City, UT -------------------------- l l 0]lllll[0 l__l l__l

Does anyone know how to change the tag on a hole table? I have a tag that says "J1" and I want to change it to "B1". Any ideas??? Mechanical Engineer Varian Medical Systems Salt Lake City, UT -------------------------- l l 0]lllll[0 l__l l__l

Eltron, that is what I have basically been doing. I add it usually to the hole callout as text but I was wondering how to link the dimension of the B.C. so that if it changed it would automatically update. Mechanical Engineer Colmek Systems Engineering Salt Lake City, UT...

So, when I go to detail the drawing how do I reference a Bolt Circle (B.C.) in the hole callout? Mechanical Engineer Colmek Systems Engineering Salt Lake City, UT -------------------------- l l 0]lllll[0 l__l l__l

Is there an easy way to insert a bolt circle and maybe tie the dimension of the bolt circle to a bolt pattern? Mechanical Engineer Colmek Systems Engineering Salt Lake City, UT -------------------------- l l 0]lllll[0 l__l l__l

I finally used the Tools/Sketch Tools/Modify and that worked pretty good. Also, I found the insert .dxf which helped. Thanks everyone for your help. Mechanical Engineer Colmek Systems Engineering Salt Lake City, UT -------------------------- l l 0]lllll[0 l__l l__l

I am running SW2005. I can find the "Block" option in a drawing but not in a part sketch. Is this a addition in one of the newer versions? Mechanical Engineer Colmek Systems Engineering Salt Lake City, UT -------------------------- l l 0]lllll[0 l__l l__l

Is there a "group" function like in other software that allows you to "group" things together and maintain their position with respect to one another? smcadman, I tried the block thing but it appears it only works in drawings and not in sketches on parts. Mechanical Engineer Colmek Systems...

I tried what Gildashard said and it works to move the sketch great! Now, can I move it instead of telling it to translate the sketch by a certain amount can I place a dimension on it? What I would like to do is "group" all the lines in the sketch and then place x-y dimensions to locat the...

Okay, I just tried whay Heckler said and it drops in all the traces on the PCB fine but when I try and position all of them on my PCB I have created it doesn't maintain the location of each line with respect to one another. Any suggestions or am I doing it right? Mechanical Engineer Colmek...

So, when I cut and paste it into a new sketch on my PCB it will maintain relations between all the other lines when I move it? Mechanical Engineer Colmek Systems Engineering Salt Lake City, UT -------------------------- l l 0]lllll[0 l__l l__l

How can I bring in a .dxf sketch and place it on a part and make sure none of the lines move with respect to one another? I am trying to bring in traces from a .dxf file on a PCB and place them on a solidworks PCB I have created. I don't want anything to move but I need to be able to place it...

Thanks, got it figured out. Mechanical Engineer Colmek Systems Engineering Salt Lake City, UT -------------------------- l l 0]lllll[0 l__l l__l

Well, I fixed it the hard way. I uninstalled everything including deleting the things in the registry, deleting the directories for Solidworks and then I went back and reinstalled everything. Now, I have to go setup all custom things but at least the problem is fixed. Thanks everyone for your...

It is a logitech space mouse. I uninstalled everything and I still have the same problem. Mechanical Engineer Colmek Systems Engineering Salt Lake City, UT -------------------------- l l 0]lllll[0 l__l l__l